Conference Team

Conference Chairs

Advisory Committee

Program Chairs

Technical Program Committee

Conference Manager

Nikola Serbedzija - Conference Chair

Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany

Nikola Šerbedžija is a scientific advisor at Fraunhofer FOKUS responsible for new research activities and innovative technology. He was visiting professor at University of Technology Sydney (1999-2000) and at University of Arts, Berlin (2000 – 2008). His major research areas are: adaptive control, pervasive and ubiquitous computing, middleware architectures, and internet programming, mostly applied within embedded and real-time, ambient assistance and empathic systems. Since 2008 he has been involved in several EU projects and initiatives that consider future and emerging technology (FET programme).

Supriya Kapoor

The Science and Information Organization

Supriya Kapoor oversees all conference publication activities for the organization including liasoning with organizations like IEEE, Springer, messaging and branding, on-going communications, media outreach and material development. Supriya is happy to work for an organization that changes the world through global interaction and wisdom sharing. She has a breadth of experience in prospecting, relations, training, presentations, publication and financial planning. Supriya has built extensive networks that bring professional growth to the organization. Before directing herself to management role, Supriya was a subject matter expert in the area of database and backend technologies.

Kami Makki - Vice Chair

Lamar University, United States

Dr. Kami Makki has earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Queensland, his Masters degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of New South Wales. Before joining the University of Toledo he had a number of academic positions and research appointments, and also worked in public and private industries for a number of years. He is an active researcher in the fields of distributed systems, databases, security, mobile and wireless networks and has numerous publications in peer-reviewed international journals and proceedings. He has served as a chair and technical program committee member and reviewer for a number of IEEE, ACM and NSF sponsored technical conferences. He has received a number of achievement awards such as the 2002 Plaque Award from 11th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, In Recognition of Outstanding Leadership, Commitment and Services. Also he has been recognized in the Marquis Who's Who in the World.

Wenbing Zhao

Cleveland State University, United States

Dr. Wenbing Zhao is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Dr. Zhao has done research in a number of different areas, including fault tolerance computing, computer and network security, smart and connected healthcare, machine learning and control, quantum optics and superconducting physics. Currently, his research focuses on dependable distributed computing, and smart and connected healthcare. He is also exploring an exciting emerging research area on medical cyber physical systems, where he could integrate dependable computing with smart and connected healthcare. Dr. Zhao’s recent research has been funded by the National Science Foundation (CNS-0821319), US Department of Transportation (via CSU Transportation Center), and Cleveland State University (several FRD grants and a Faculty Scholarship Initiative grant). Dr. Zhao has authored a research monograph, titled “Building Dependable Distributed Systems,” and contributed 22 book chapters and over 100 peer-reviewed journal and conference publications. He also has a US patent on consistent time service for fault tolerant distributed systems and another patent pending on privacy-aware human motion tracking. Dr. Zhao has been very active in professional services. Other than the Departmental/College/University duties, he has served on several NSF panels, and on the organizing and technical program committees of numerous conferences/workshops. Dr. Zhao is a senior member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He is currently serving as a member of the executive board of the IEEE Cleveland Chapter.

Liming Chen

De Montfort University, United Kingdom

Liming Luke Chen (B.Eng., M.Eng., Ph.D) is Professor of Computer Science in the School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University, UK. His research focuses on context computing, agent based intelligent systems, human machine interaction, data and knowledge engineering and their applications specifically in the domain of smart environments, smart cyber physical systems and assistive living. He has published extensively in these areas with over 100 peer-reviewed papers spanning both theoretical and applied research domains. He is a grant holder of Research Projects funded by national (EPSRC, DEL), European (FP7, AAL) funding bodies and industry partners (SAP and IN2). He is a member of the Executive Steering Committee of the International Organization for Information Integration and Web-based Applications and Services, an assistant editor in chief for IJPCC and has served as the vice general chair for SAI2013, PC chairs for MoMM2013/2014, UCAMI 2013, IWAAL2014 and on technical program committees for various conferences. Further details can be found here http://www.tech.dmu.ac.uk/~limingchen/.

Mohammad S. Obaidat

Fordham University, United States

Professor Mohammad S. Obaidat (Fellow of IEEE and Fellow of SCS) is an internationally well-known academic/researcher/ scientist. He received his Ph.D. and M. S. degrees in Computer Engineering with a minor in Computer Science from The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. Dr. Obaidat is currently a Full Professor of Computer and Information Science at Fordham University, USA. Among his previous positions are Advisor to the President of Philadelphia University for Research, Development and Information Technology, President of the Society for Molding and Simulation International, SCS, Senior Vice President of SCS, Dean of the College of Engineering at Prince Sultan University, Chair of the Department of Computer and Information Science and Director of the MS Graduate Program in Data Analytics at Fordham university, Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Director of the Graduate Program at Monmouth University. He has received extensive research funding and has published to date over Forty (40) books and over Six Hundreds and Fifty (650) refereed technical articles in scholarly international journals and proceedings of international conferences. Professor Obaidat has served as a consultant for several corporations and organizations worldwide.
His research interests are: wireless communications and networks, telecommunications and Networking systems, security of network, information and computer systems, security of e-based systems, performance evaluation of computer systems, algorithms and networks, green ICT, high performance and parallel computing/computers, applied neural networks and pattern recognition, adaptive learning and speech processing.

Ann Cavoukian

Ann Cavoukian is the former Information and Privacy Commissioner for the Canadian province of Ontario serving from 1997 to 2014. Dr. Cavoukian is recognized as one of the world’s leading privacy experts. Her Privacy by Design framework seeks to proactively embed privacy into the design specifications of information technologies and business practices, thereby achieving the strongest protection possible. In October 2010, regulators at the conference of International Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Jerusalem unanimously passed a Resolution recognizing Privacy by Design as an essential component of fundamental privacy protection. This was followed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s inclusion of Privacy by Design as one of three recommended practices for protecting online privacy – a major validation of its significance. In November 2011, Dr. Cavoukian was ranked as one of the top 25 Women of Influence, recognizing her contribution to the Canadian and global economy. In October 2013, she was named one of the top 100 City Innovators Worldwide by UBM Future Cities for her passionate advocacy of Privacy by Design. In December 2013, the Founding Partners of the Respect Network, the world’s first peer-to-peer network for personal and business clouds, named Dr. Cavoukian as its first Honorary Architect. She is currently the Distinguished Expert-in-Residence leading the Privacy by Design Centre of Excellence (at Ryerson University).

Kohei Arai

Saga University, Japan

Dr Kohei Arai, a Scientist, Professor and Author. He is currently Professor at Saga University, Japan and Adjunct Prof. of the University of Arizona, USA since 1998. Dr Arai received PhD degree in Information Science from Nihon University in June 1982 and MS degree in Electronics Engineering from Nihon University in March 1974. His current research concerns are Satellite Remote Sensing, Radiative Transfer Equation, Human-Computer Interaction, Image Recognition and Understanding, Non-Linear Optimization Theory and Wavelet Analysis. Dr Arai holds 42 patents and received numerous awards, including the Patent Award of the Year. Dr Arai has been featured in Japan Times and Italian Newspapers for his work on Eyes only Computer System. He has worked on several global research collaboration projects during his career. He wrote 31 books and published 490 journal papers and 390 of conference papers.

Yaxin Bi

University of Ulster, United Kingdom

Yaxin Bi is a Reader in School of Computing and Mathematics at University of Ulster. His research interests are multiple classification systems and ensemble learning, the Dempster-Shafer theory of evidence, big data analytics for satellite data exploitation, data/text mining for sentiment and media content analyses, and sensor fusion for understanding human behaviours in applications of Smart Homes. He has been involved in a number of European Frameworks projects since 1997 and has more than 100 peer-reviewed publications in international journals and conferences, including journals of Artificial Intelligence, IEEE Transactions of Knowledge and Data Engineering and International Journal of Approximate Reasoning. He was a program co-chair of the 4th International Conference on Knowledge Science, Engineering and management (KSEM) 2010 and a steering committee member of KSEM and SAI.

Nikola Serbedzija

Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany

Nikola Šerbedžija is a scientific advisor at Fraunhofer FOKUS responsible for new research activities and innovative technology. He was visiting professor at University of Technology Sydney (1999-2000) and at University of Arts, Berlin (2000 – 2008). His major research areas are: adaptive control, pervasive and ubiquitous computing, middleware architectures, and internet programming, mostly applied within embedded and real-time, ambient assistance and empathic systems. Since 2008 he has been involved in several EU projects and initiatives that consider future and emerging technology (FET programme).

Nazih Khaddaj Mallat - Liaison Chair

Al Ain University of Science and Technology (AAU), United Arab Emirates

Dr. Nazih Khaddaj Mallat (IEEE Member 2007 and Senior Member 2012, Member of "Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec") received his Bachelor of Engineering degree (Electrical and Computer Engineering) from the Lebanese University in 2000, his Master degree from the "Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne (ENSTB)", France, in 2002 and his Ph.D. degree in Telecommunication from University of Quebec, "Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)", Canada, in 2010. After his Ph.D. and till January 2012, he was postdoctoral fellowship in Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal. The "Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies-FQRNT", a granting agency of the Quebec government, has awarded him two prestigious scholarships for his doctoral studies (2008) and postdoctoral research (2010-2011) thanks to his highest level of achievement. His main research interests are passive microwave/millimeter-wave circuit design, telecommunication systems. From 2007 till 2012, he served IEEE Montreal Section (more than 2200 members): Section Vice-Chair 2007-2008, Membership Development Chair 2009-2010, and Section Chair in 2011-2012. He has been serving also in the steering committee of many IEEE international conferences. Since January 2013, he is assistant professor in College of Engineering and Information Technology at Al Ain University of Science and Technology (AAU) in United Arab Emirates (UAE). He is the founder & chair of IEEE UAE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) chapter and founder & counselor of IEEE AAU Student Branch.

Kohei Arai

Saga University, Japan

Dr Kohei Arai, a Scientist, Professor and Author. He is currently Professor at Saga University, Japan and Adjunct Prof. of the University of Arizona, USA since 1998. Dr Arai received PhD degree in Information Science from Nihon University in June 1982 and MS degree in Electronics Engineering from Nihon University in March 1974. His current research concerns are Satellite Remote Sensing, Radiative Transfer Equation, Human-Computer Interaction, Image Recognition and Understanding, Non-Linear Optimization Theory and Wavelet Analysis. Dr Arai holds 42 patents and received numerous awards, including the Patent Award of the Year. Dr Arai has been featured in Japan Times and Italian Newspapers for his work on Eyes only Computer System. He has worked on several global research collaboration projects during his career. He wrote 31 books and published 490 journal papers and 390 of conference papers.